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Subject: Re: Sharing colormaps?
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Date: 10 Jul 89 12:16:16 GMT
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    (1) Is there any way to tell the server that the
    colormap should not be destroyed when the application that created it
    exits?

Create the colormap, and allocate the entries, using a separate connection.
Use XSetCloseDownMode to set RetainPermanent before closing this connection.

    (2) Is there any way to turn read/write colors into read-only?

No, but the RetainPermanent will ensure that writable allocations persist.
(Hmm, since the writing client will no longer exist, it would be interesting
if the server changed the entries to read-only on close.  Needs some thought.)